Does gestational sac volume predict the outcome of missed miscarriage managed expectantly?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 526-531

  Acharya, Ganesh ^a,b   Morgan, Heulwen ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gestational sac; Spontaneous abortion; Three dimensional ultrasonography; Transvaginal ultrasonography; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBRYO CELL; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

ABORTION, MISSED; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036829136     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10107     Document Type: Article

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